Humanoid robots are stepping into the spotlight, performing live with human musicians, in an interesting study done by researchers. The robotic band, which included Oscar, a Robotis-OP3 who played the ...

WILD RIDE Kris Bowers’ experiences as a husband and father informed The Wild Robot’s score. “Thinking about my wife and the sacrifices she’s made — it’s like Credit: Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via ...

During a Chinese music festival, a humanoid robot named “Adam” graced the stage in what was half performance art and half marketing stunt — and did so while semi-disguised in a loose-fitting hoodie ...

Composer Kris Bowers tells IndieWire about the work the music does to elevate key scenes and the scenes where it wasn't needed at all. The playful, adventurous score by Kris Bowers finds the exact ...

There were five of us in the studio with Kris Bowers during this recording of Variety’s Behind the Song, and by the time he finished taking us through “I Could Use a Boost,” there wasn’t a dry eye in ...

We often hear about alumni from Berklee College of Music in Boston winning Grammys, Oscars, Emmys, or Tonys. But did you know there was a select group of students who helped make sounds for robots ...

When Karel Čapek wrote his play “Rossum’s Universal Robots” in 1920, the battle against machines replacing human labor had been fought for more than a century, with humans invariably losing. Now, more ...

It’s hard to imagine anything much more entertaining than watching robots dance and groove to music. But tonight you won’t have to imagine it, because Robot Prom will be packed with costumed humans, ...

A heap of new music videos represent for science fiction. But the stand-out video this time around is Common’s “Universal Mind Control” video, featuring Pharrell as a robot. Not only is the track a ...

When Oscar-winning animation director Mark Andrews (“Brave”) called his old Pixar pal Alex Mandel about his latest gig, “Super Giant Robot Brothers,” Mandel was 6,700 miles away in New Zealand ...